Holder for adjustable straps



.23,1941. HALFANDRE Em I 2 267,675

HOLDER FOR ADJUSTABLE STRAPS Filed sept. 29, 1959 HARRY ALFANPREQ BY Curr Han-car lNs-imv THE/R ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 23, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLDER FOR ADJUSTABLE STRAPS Harry Alfandre, Jamaica, N. Y., and Clifton Herbert Ineson, Oakville, Conn; said Ineson assignor to said Alfandre w Application September 29, 1939, Serial No. 297,126

10 Claims.

This invention relates to holders for adjustable straps and, more particularly, to holders intended to be used primarily in strap and buckleassembling apparatus such as, for example, the apparatus disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,091,175 and 2,091,176, granted August 24, 1937, to Harry Alfandre.

In the apparatus shown by said letters patent, means'including sharply pointed rods are provided for temporarily holding the free ends of the straps which are passed through the singleeyelet buckles, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 5 and 8, respectively, of said patents. When the straps are removed from said holders it is necessary to secure together the free ends of the previously impaled straps to prevent separation of said straps from the single-eyelet buckles. This has been accomplished by tying a plurality of straps together, as by means of a cord or elastic band.

The present invention has for its main object the provision of a simple device for holding the ends of the straps during the assembly thereof with the buckles, in the operation of the apparatus, as well as after the straps and buckles are assembled, for example, during shipment, and also at the point of use of the adjustable straps when the latter are applied to the garments. The device embodying the present invention eliminates the necessity for removing the straps from the holding device prior to the use of said straps, thereby eliminating several operations heretofore employed in the manufacture of the adjustable straps and in the preparation thereof for shipment, and further facilitates the handling of the straps for shipment and preliminary to the use thereof in attaching the same to the garments.

The above main object of the invention and such other objects thereof as might hereinafter appear, as well as the above mentioned and other features and advantages of the invention, will be more fully understood from the following description considered with reference to the accompanying drawing, the latter to be considered as illustrative of the invention but not in limitationthereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a strap-holder embodying the present invention, illustrating the manner of practicing the same;

Fig. 1a is a side view of a part of the holder carrying a plurality of straps;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the holder detached from the table or frame;

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views on the lines 3-3 and 44, respectively, of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, partly in elevation, on the line 55 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a strap-holder showing another form of the invention.

Referring now tothedrawing in detail, and first to the form of the invention illustratedv in Figs. 1 to 5, the strap-holder I 0 embodying the present invention is, as illustrated in Fig. 1, adapted to be attached to the table or frame T of the strap and buckle-assembling apparatus in juxtaposition to the jaws of said apparatus in lieu of the holder I80 of the strap and buckle-assembling apparatus shown in said Letters Patent No, 2,091,176. Holder II], or a similar holder, can also be mounted on a suitable table at the place where the straps are to be attached to the garments, at which place the straps will be individually removed from the holder.

Holder H), which is preferably formed of metal, comprises a bracket having a slotted portion [2 for engagement by a screw or similar device F by which said bracket may be adjustably secured in position, and an angularly related or downwardly inclined portion l4 on which there is mounted the device 16 for releasably holding a pronged member, preferably as here shown, a conventional safety pin [8. The safety pin l8 comprises a prong 20 and a guard including the side wire 22 and the head 24 in which the end of the prong is held when the safety pin is closed. Device l6 engages the guard of safety pin I8 for holding the latter with the prong 20 thereof pointing upwardly in position to have the ends of the straps S impaled thereon. Prong 20 is engageable and disengageable from head 24 of the guard of the safety pin while the latter is held in device [6 and said safety pin can be placed in position in device [6 and removed therefrom while the safety pin is closed and while the latter carries a plurality of adjustable straps. The holder also comprises a guard 26 secured to the bracket in any suitable way as by a rivet 28 in position overlying the end of prong 20 spaced thereabove for aifording protection when the prong of the safety pin is disengaged from its guard 24.

The device l6 comprises opposite spaced side members 30 and 32, upstanding from bracket portion l4, and an intermediate spacing member 34 forming a receptacle 36 for the safety pin [8. Said side walls and intermediate portion 34 are secured together by rivets 38 and 40. Side wall 30 is provided with a lateral extension 42 by which device 16 is secured to bracket portion l4, said lateral extension 42 being for this purpose secured to said portion in any suitable Way as by rivets 44. It will be observed that receptacle 36 has at its lower end a curved wall 46 which is engaged by the spring end 48 of the safety pin when the latter is mounted in the holder. The opposite end of device It is provided with means for releasably engaging the head 24 of the safety pin. For this purpose side 30 has an end wall portion 50 thereof extended over recess '36 to the opposite side of intervening member 34 terminating adjacent the opposite side 32 of the device. Said bent portion has a part 52 of reduced width to provide clearance to permitmovement of the prong 20 of the safety pin laterally and outwardly of guard 24 while the latter is in position in device It. The distance between wall 36 and the opposite end wall defined by bent portion 50 is only slightly larger than the length of the safety pin, thus preventing movement of the pin longitudinally of the receptacle.

The part of side wall 30 in which the head 24 of the guard of the safety pin is positioned is provided with a button 54 which resiliently and releasably engages said part of the safety pin. For holding button 54 in said engagement with part 24 of the safety pin, a flat spring member 56 is secured at one end thereof as by the rivet 38 to the side 36 of device It and bears at its 1 opposite end on button 54 for urging the latter against part 24 of the safety pin. The inner end 58 of button 54 is rounded to facilitate the insertion in and removal of the safety pin from said receptacle. It will be understood that safety pin 18 is inserted in the holder by first engaging the spring end 48 thereof with the curved wall 46 and thereafter engaging the head 24 in engagement with spring-pressed button 54. The intermediate portions 59 of sides 30 and 32 are bent toward each other to provide a narrow entrance slot for part 22 of the safety pin guard thereby to assist in positioning the side of part 24 to engage the rounded end 59 of button 54. It will be understood that in order to remove the safety pin from the receptacle, head 24 is moved outwardly therefrom out of engagement with button 54 after which spring end 48 can be disengaged from curved wall portion 46. Curved wall 46 acts as a pivot for end 48 of the safety pin and further prevents removal of the safety pin unless the head 24 is first moved out of the receptacle beyond end wall 50.

While we prefer the form of the invention hereinbefore described, the invention may be otherwise embodied. This is illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing. As here shown, the device I611, which may be used in lieu of device l6, comprises a receptacle constituted by block 60 secured to bracket portion I4 in any suitable way as by rivets 62. Said block has a slot 64 to receive the guard wire 22 of the safety pin. The lower end of block 6! is provided with laterally ofiset portions 66 and 68 spaced from each other at their adjacent ends to receive therebetween the spring end 48 of the safety pin. Portion 66 of block 68 has a threaded aperture 10 in which the fastening or set screw '52 is movable for engagement with spring end 48 of the safety pin for securing the safety pin releasably in block 6!].

It will be understood that a plurality of adjustable straps S can be impaled on the prong 29 of a single safety pin and carried thereby during shipment and at the place at which the straps are attached to the garments, the straps being removed individually from the safety pin when it is desired to attach them to the garments. For the latter purpose a holder l0 can be utilized at the workshop or factory where the straps are attached to the garments. Thus, it is seen that the safety pins not only constitute parts of a device for use in conjunction with the apparatus for assembling the straps and the buckles, but also serve to hold the straps during shipment and thereafter at the factory or workshop where the straps are used.

While we have shown and described several forms of the invention, it will be understood that the latter may be embodied otherwise than as here shown and that in the constructions herein specifically disclosed, certain changes in the details of construction and in the arrangement of parts may be made. Therefore, we do not wish to be limited to the present disclosure or to any part thereof, except as may be required by the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the kind described comprising means for supporting a safety pin having a prong and a guard in fixed position with the prong thereof pointing upwardly, said supporting means having spaced side portions between which the pin is positioned whereby to prevent turning thereof about its longitudinal axis, and means releasably engageable with the pin when the latter is positioned between said side portions of the supporting means for releasably securing the pin in said position.

2. A device for holding a safety pin having a prong and a guard, comprising means forming a receptacle for the guard of said safety pin for holding the latter in position, said receptacle having spaced side walls defining a longitudinally extending slot in which the pin is positioned, and means projecting through one of said side walls and releasably engageable with a side portion of the pin for pressing the other side of the pin against the other of said side walls for releasably holding the pin in said slot with the prong of the pin externally of said slot.

3. A device of the kind described for holding in predetermined position a safety pin of the type having a prong and a guard therefor including a side wire and a head in which the free end of the prong is releasably engaged when the safety pin is closed, said device comprising a bracket having a part adapted to be secured to a support and an angularly related part which is inclined downwardly from said support when the bracket is secured thereto, and means carried by said angularly related part constructed and arranged to releasably engage the safety pin for holding the latter in position with the side wire and prong in a vertical plane and with the prong pointing upwardly when the safety pin is open.

4. A device of the kind described for holding a safety pin in predetermined position, comprising a bracket having a part adapted to be secured to a support and an angularly related part which is inclined downwardly from said support when the bracket is secured thereto, means carried by said angularly related part constructed and arranged to releasably engage a safety pin for holding the latter in predetermined position, said means having a curved end wall for engaging one end of the safety pin, and a securing member carried by said means and releasably engageable with a part of the safety pin.

5. A device of the kind described for holding a safety pin in predetermined position, comprising a bracket having a part adapted to be secured to a support and an angularly related part which is inclined downwardly from said support when the bracket is secured thereto, means carried by said angularly related part constructed and arranged to releasably engage a safety pin for holding the latter in predetermined position, said means having a curved end wall for engaging one end of the safety pin, and a spring-pressed member carried by said means and releasably engageable with a part of the safety pin.

6. A device of the kind described for holding a safety pin in predetermined position, comprising a bracket having a part adapted to be secured to a support and an angularly related part which is inclined downwardly from said support when the bracket is secured thereto, means carried by said angularly related part constructed and arranged to releasably engage a safety pin for holding the latter in predetermined position, said means having a slot adapted to receive a part of the safety pin, and a set screw carried by said means and releasably engageable with a part of said safety pin.

'7. A device for supporting a safety pin releasably in fixed position in a vertical plane with the prong of the pin pointing upwardly, said device comprising a holder in which the pin is insertable and from which the pin is removable, and means on said holder releasably engageable with said pin for releasably securing the pin in said fixed position in the holder.

8. A device for supporting a safety pin releasably in fixed position in a vertical plane with the prong of the pin pointing upwardly, said device comprising a holder in'which the pin is insertable and from which the pin is removable, and a spring pressed member carried by said holder and releasably engageable with a part of the pin at a side thereof for releasably securing the pin in said fixed position in the holder.

9. A device for supporting a safety pin releasably in fixed position in a vertical plane with the prong of the pin pointing upwardly, said device comprising a holder in which the pin is insertable and from which the pin is removable, said holder having spaced side portions between which the pin is positioned and by which the pin is held against movement out of said vertical plane, and means on one of said side wall portions releasably engageable with said pin for releasably securing the pin in said fixed position in the holder.

10. A device for supporting a safety pin releasably in fixed position in a vertical plane with the prong of the pin pointing upwardly, said device comprising a holder in which the pin is insertable and from which the pin is removable, said holder having spaced side portions between which the pin is positioned and by which the pin is held against movement out of said vertical plane, and a spring pressed member projecting through one of said side portions and releasably engageable with a part of the pin at a side thereof for releasably securing the pin in said fixed position in the holder.

HARRY ALFANDRE. CLIFTON HERBERT INESON. 

